Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has temporarily disbanded the Senate Intelligence Committee until committee Democrats reveal the identity of the author of a memo outlining a their plan to politicize intelligence data in a bid undermine President Bush's reelection.

"The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence has been harmed by a blatant partisan attack," the Tennessee Republican said in a floor speech yesterday, concluding that the memo had rendered the committee "incapable of meeting its responsibilities to the United States Senate and to the American people."

"Those responsible for this memo appear to be more focused on winning the White House than they are on winning the war against terror," Frist complained before adding, "There will be no more pulling along and no more useful collaboration on partisan schemes."

Committee Chairman Pat Roberts echoed Frist's decision to shut his committee down, saying, "Unless and until this reprehensible attack plan and strategy to derail the committee's important work is properly addressed, I am afraid that it will be impossible to return to business as usual in the committee."

A committee meeting scheduled for yesterday was canceled, and none has been scheduled for next week, a senior committee staff member told the Washington Post.

Though retiring Georgia Democratic Sen. Zell Miller has called the memo, first leaked to radio host Sean Hannity on Tuesday, "perhaps treasonous," other Democrats circled the wagons on Friday.

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid complained on the Senate floor that the memo had been "pilfered" by Republicans then leaked to the media, saying that act was just as offensive as anything revealed by the controversial document.

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid complained on the Senate floor that the memo had been "pilfered" by Republicans then leaked to the media, saying that act was just as offensive as anything revealed by the controversial document.

Typical 'Rat mentality.

I wish this turd was not from my state.

LVM

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posted on 11/08/2003 8:33:00 AM PST
by LasVegasMac
(Thunder was his engine and White Lightning was his load....)

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has temporarily disbanded the Senate Intelligence Committee until committee Democrats reveal the identity of the author of a memo outlining a their plan to politicize intelligence data in a bid undermine President Bush's reelection.

Bully! That's what we want to here!

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posted on 11/08/2003 8:35:38 AM PST
by GraniteStateConservative
("We happy because when we switch on the TV you never see Saddam Hussein. That's a big happy.")

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid complained on the Senate floor that the memo had been "pilfered" by Republicans then leaked to the media, saying that act was just as offensive as anything revealed by the controversial document.

I remember Reid's outrage when dems 'undeleted' personal letters from a disk submitted by a Whitewater witness. Or when the Dems pilfered a Pub Powerpoint presentation, or when Dems secretly videotaped a private meeting in Utah, or stole a briefcase of campaign material in Texas, or when Dems secretly taped and leaked a private conversation by Newt, or..

Nevada Sen. Harry Reid complained on the Senate floor that the memo had been "pilfered" by Republicans then leaked to the media, saying that act was just as offensive as anything revealed by the controversial document.

Oh yeah. Treason, and placing politics over soldiers' lives is no worse than stealing a piece of paper revealing the treason.

Right.

Would this MENSA candidate care to expand on that remark?

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posted on 11/08/2003 8:40:37 AM PST
by Publius6961
(40% of Californians are as dumb as a sack of rocks.)

HALLAFREAKINLULA!! I've been following national politics very closely for 10 years now and this is the first indication whatsoever I've seen of any backbone from the pubbie Senate leadership. Where has Frist been for the last year is another discussion. Had he started out this way after Trent loser was removed, maybe we'd have some judges by now.

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